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CMB Regional Centers: It Is Time For A Bipartisan Effort To Reform, Reauthorize and Restore Congress’ Intent For The EB-5 Program January 19, 2021 19:00 ET | Source: CMB Regional Centers CMB Regional Centers Rock Island, Illinois, UNITED STATES DALLAS, Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The EB-5 Immigrant Investor program was created to stimulate the U.S. economy and create U.S. jobs through foreign investment, at zero cost to the U.S. taxpayer. Th...

Governor Sonko and Waititu can only be KINGMAKERS, permanently barred from holding any public office Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and his Nairobi counterpart Mike Sonko are permanently barred from holding public office, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has confirmed. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) boss Twalib Mbarak said the body has a constitutional responsibility to advise on integrity compliance status of all election candidates. “EACC advises that all pe...

“The commission considers a person is disqualified from holding public office if the person has been dismissed or otherwise removed from office for contravention of Chapter 6 of the Constitution or its enabling legislation, in accordance with Article 75 (3) of the Constitution,” the statement signed by EACC CEO Twalib Mbarak stated. The anti-graft watchdog further noted a person is disqualified if they are found to have misused or abused a state office or public office. “For the avoidance...

The bill creates new rules for drug testing, racetrack protocols, and a new independent body to oversee the regulations.

Congress Is the Problem Child of American Democracy If Ted Cruz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have the same complaint, then things must be really broken. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images When Americans learn about Congress in civics classes, they’re taught that passing legislation can be a lengthy, multi-stage process. Bills are introduced by a member of either the House or the Senate, then sent to committee for mark-up and deliberation, from there proceeding to the floor for amendments and a fina...

Congress passes act to standardize safety rules within horse racing John Cherwa © (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) Horses race at Santa Anita Park in May. The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, was among the entities supporting the Horseracing Safety and Integrity Act. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) The Horseracing Safety and Integrity Act was passed by the Senate and House of Representatives on Monday as part of the year-end federal funding bill and COVID-19 rescu...

Racing reforms are on their way across the United States after Congress passed the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act as part of a massive spending bill, which included $US900 million in Covid relief. The racing legislation, backed by several important industry bodies and widely supported by lawmakers, will require national, uniform safety standards that include anti-doping and medication control, as well as racetrack safety programs. The fractured nature of anti-doping and track safety effor...

Updated: Horseracing Safety And Integrity Act Attached To Federal Spending Bill Expected To Pass Monday Night Sponsored by: Keeneland Racecourse The Horseracing Safety and Integrity Act, appearing as an attachment to massive a federal spending bill, was passed by the U.S. House on Monday evening and will now head to the Senate, which is expected to approve the bill. The text of the $1.4 trillion federal spending bill was released on Monday afternoon, paired with a $900 billion coronav...

Saumu accompanied Sonko’s wife, county First Lady Primrose Mbuvi, to the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women held in New York from March 12 to 23, 2018. County assembly Minority Leader Michael Ogada says Sonko flew his daughter in a first-class flight to the US a move that contravenes company policy. Ogada told the Senate the governor’s daughter spent Sh220,000 on a chopper flying around New York City, and another Sh260,000 in what he described as an ‘offside party’ fr...

Support grows for inclusion of EB-5 reforms in FY2021 omnibus appropriations bill Friday, December 11, 2020 by Kim Riley © Shutterstock Congress should include integrity reform measures and a long-term reauthorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program in the fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations bill, according to almost a dozen congressional lawmakers in a letter sent to federal lawmakers. One existing piece of proposed federal leg...